![]() ![]() Meanwhile several parties conspire to undermine the marriage. The two marry, much to the titillation of society, and Horry soon takes up the occupations of the idle rich, viz. Rule protests he is too old for Horry, but she assures him no one would think he was as old as he actually was. Although this book is considered a Regency romance, it is set a little early, in When the year-old and wealthy Marcus, Earl of Rule, proposes marriage to year-old Elizabeth Winwood whom Rule barely knowsshe agrees to marry him although she loves someone else Edward Heron. While Jane Austen is perhaps the best-known author from this period, the genre remained popular thereafter, and Georgette Heyer herself influenced by Austenwrote over two dozen such novels. There is cobvenient a great deal of conveient, fast-paced dialogue among the protagonists, and in terms of romance, more talk than action. If you think of this book as a Regency romance done by the Marx Brothers, you will get a sense of the appeal and fun of this story. ![]() ![]() The plot of the Convenient Marriage is different in so many ways from the typical Georgette Heyer novel. WHY READERS LOVE GEORGETTE HEYER AND THE CONVENIENT MARRIAGE: The story concerns love and marriage, trust and friendship, gossip and. All hail the queen of the Regency romance, whose glorious romps demand. ![]() The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer – swash and swoon. ![]()
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